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| Marion Cook |
| Date Of Birth: | March 7, 1916 |
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| Date Of Death: | January 2, 2012 |
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| Service Date: | Graveside service at a later date in Rock Island, IL. |
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Marion Cook, 95, of Greencastle, Indiana, passed away peacefully
at Garden Villa Nursing Facility, Station 4, in Bloomington,
Indiana. She has taken the last journey. Marion Louise
McCauley was born March 7, 1916 in Rock Island, Illinois. She
was one of five children born to Anna Hunt McCauley and Hope W.
McCauley: Ruth, William, Robert, Marion and Margaret.
Marion graduated from Rock Island High School and attended
Augustana College, where she was affiliated with Kappa Tau
sorority. She graduated from the University of Illinois in
1939. On September 8th, 1939 she married Donald
"Jack" Cook. In 1945 they came to Greencastle, IN when her
husband became a member of the department of chemistry at DePauw
University. They would spend the rest of their lives
there. She served as administrative assistant to Dr. Henry
Hope, head of the fine arts department, Indiana University; Dean
Bartlett, DePauw University; and later to her husband. Marion
was a life member of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church,
Greencastle, IN. She was a member of the Indiana Historical
Society and the Society of Indiana Pioneers. On her maternal
side she descended from some of the earliest Indiana
pioneers. Marion and Jack founded the Putnam County Heritage
Preservation Society and the Heritage Wall of
Greencastle. She was preceded in death by her
devoted husband of 65 years, D.J. Cook, and her beloved sister, Ms.
Margaret McCauley. Marion is survived by her daughters,
Christine Shriner and husband William Shriner of Bloomington, IN;
Hope Cook, Mankato, MN; two grandchildren: Ian Cook Carlstrom and
Elspeth Cook Carlstrom; Jack's nephew, Robert Cook, Rock Island,
IL; two nephews: Robert McCauley, Swarthmore, Pa; Richard McCauley,
Allentown PA, and one niece: Diane Taylor, Richmond, VA., along
with many good friends. Graveside services will be held at
Rock Island, IL Memorial Park Cemetery in the springtime. In
that final resting place of her husband and family we will
celebrate her life as a loving wife, mother, sister and
friend. Those who wish, may make memorial contributions in
Marion's name to the Donald J. Cook Scholarship in Chemistry,
DePauw University, 300 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, IN 46135
and/or the Percy L. Julian Memorial Scholarship, DePauw University,
300 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, IN 46135.
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